Chongzhen wasn't interested in listening to the two of them arguing, so he interrupted directly, "Okay! According to Wen Aiqing's performance, I will allocate 10,000 taels from my internal funds to reward the broken army! ”

Hearing Chongzhen's words, neither Hou Sui nor Wen Tiren were talking, Liu Fan's affairs had little to do with them, and they couldn't threaten their positions, and they attacked each other just to protect their own face and interests! Anyway, it was Chongzhen who paid the money, and it had no effect on the two of them, and the two of them were happy to watch!

Chongzhen continued: "Then let's talk about another matter! What do you think about the thieves' desire to surrender? Is it necessary for the imperial court to accept the surrender of these rogues? ”

As soon as Chongzhen's words were placed, the court, which had been talking in a whisper, was suddenly silent, and no one wanted to be the first to speak. After all, if you open your mouth, you will be responsible, and once the appeasement fails, this will become a lever for others to attack. Seeing the silence below, Chongzhen frowned, feeling depressed, every time he encountered something, these people have this attitude, and the corpse vegetarian meal is nothing more than that. Helplessly, Chongzhen had no choice but to name and say, "Wen Aiqing, what is the opinion of your cabinet?" ”

Wen Tiren chuckled in his heart, secretly screamed that it was not good, and said stubbornly, "Your Majesty! The minister thinks it's just some thieves! It's not worth the imperial court's order to appease! Send an army to wipe it out! ”

"Snort," Hou Sui sneered, "Elder Wen Ge said it really easily, extermination?" These tens of thousands of thieves hid in the mountains, and the army could not reach them, so they could only be trapped by encirclement. Do you know how much food and grass the army consumes every day? Do you know how much food the imperial court has to allocate to the army every month? Do you think the household still has so much money? Now the armies in Shanxi, Henan and other places can only be supported by local assistance! But how long will this last? According to what you said, continue to encircle and suppress the rogues, I am afraid that when the rogues in the mountains are exterminated, the people of Shanxi and Henan will have rebelled long ago because they are overwhelmed! Do you take this responsibility on your shoulders? ”

Wen Tiren's face turned red, he secretly hated in his heart, and said loudly and angrily, "Hou Xun! You are vexatious! Is it my reason that the household department has no money? You are the head of the household, and the household has no money, why don't you ask yourself! I'm just talking about things! Your Majesty! You can call the shots for your ministers! Lao Chen is also dedicated to the country! ”

Hou Sui said with a single eye: "The household department just has no money!" Since the elder wants to continue to exterminate the rogues, then you can figure out a way for yourself! ”

Chongzhen saw that the matter had not yet come to a point, so the two of them tore apart and scolded angrily, "Enough!" This is above the court, what kind of system do you two make noisy! If you want to quarrel, I'll go back and quarrel! Now let's get down to business! Shut up both of you! ”

Wen Tiren, Hou Sui saw Chongzhen angry, Gu is glanced at the other party coldly, and pleaded in unison, "The minister is guilty!" ”

Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Forget it!" The two of you have your own opinions, each with your own reasoning, and I don't know who to listen to! Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any thoughts? Tell me about it! ”

Zhang Yandeng, the newly appointed secretary of the ministry, said: "Your Majesty! The minister thinks it's better not to be appeased! Taking Yang He's precedent as a reference, most of these rogues are habitual bandits for many years, and they have long had no king and no father in their hearts, and they are afraid that there will be fraud among them! Don't let it go! ”

Hu Yingtai, the secretary of the Criminal Department, followed and echoed: "The minister seconded the proposal!" Your Majesty! What Mr. Zhang said is very right! The thieves are difficult to tame, I'm afraid it's not that simple, and the thieves are used to using tricks to surrender, once they escape from the encirclement, it will be difficult to chase and suppress them! ”

Chongzhen nodded and just wanted to agree with the two of them, but heard one of them object loudly, "Your Majesty, no!" What if the thieves did surrender? If we refuse to surrender, it will be too harmful! First, if we refuse to appease, the court will have to pay a lot of money and grain to suppress the thieves, and now the household department has no money, if the court insists on exterminating the rogues, not to mention whether it will succeed or not, Shanxi, Henan and other places may really be as Lord Hou said, everywhere is smoke! Second, once we refuse to recruit the rogue, the thief will probably fight the trapped beast in despair. And as soon as this example is opened, the rest of the rogues know the attitude of the imperial court, and no one will be willing to surrender anymore! In this way, the imperial court will have to pay more manpower and material resources for this in the future, and the situation will only collapse even more! Third, this time, the rogues chose to surrender because they were defeated by the official army and had no way out! It's very credible! I think I can give it a try! Even if it fails, the court is sending people to encircle and suppress it! If the official army can surround the rogue once, then it can mean that the official army has the strength to defeat the rogue bandit! Comprehensive pros and cons! I beg Your Majesty to agree to appease! ”

Many courtiers, including Chongzhen, looked at the person who spoke, and it turned out that this person was Zhang Fengyi. Zhang Fengyi is the secretary of the military department, although this person has no talent for military command, but in terms of vision, he still has some talent. Zhang Fengyi's words are completely said in Chongzhen's heart, Chongzhen's biggest worry is that the court will lose its trust in the Liukou, which is ridiculous, that is, he is afraid that the Liukou will not believe that the court is willing to recruit An! Compared to the little price paid by Zhao'an, it is too much to pay to completely exterminate the rogue! With the large and small thieves of as many as one million people in the Central Plains, they can't afford it at all with the current financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, and Chongzhen knows very well that it is not possible to come hard! So when I heard Zhang Fengyi say this, I immediately agreed: "What Zhang Aiqing said is very reasonable!" What do you think? ”

Seeing that someone came forward, where did the many courtiers still disagree, and the court immediately resounded with a voice of seconding. Chongzhen said with satisfaction: "Okay! Since all the ministers agree, let's do what Zhang Aiqing said! The cabinet proposed to promote Liu Fan to the governor of the left capital and the commander of the army. Promote Wang Pu to the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp and make him fully responsible for the surrender of the thieves! ”

Wen Tiren immediately said, "Minister! Obey! ”

After the court meeting was held, the holy decree of the imperial court was sent to Cixian County at an expedited speed of 600 miles. And Wang Pu of Cixian County was overjoyed after receiving the holy decree, and secretly said that he had not made a mistake in this step! Just by passing a word, he got tens of thousands of taels of silver for nothing, and he made a great contribution and was promoted to the chief military officer! You must know that although the adjutant general is only one level away from the chief officer in name, there is a world of difference between this level! The adjutant general is just a deputy, and he can't immediately serve in the region! The chief officer is different, the chief officer can be transferred, and no matter where he goes, he is the chief officer, and his position will not change!

Getting promoted and getting rich, this is what everyone dreams of. He, Wang Pu, just had an idea, and he completed this dream that others would find difficult to complete in their lifetime! From relying on his father's Meng Yin to serve as a deputy general to being promoted to the chief military officer, it took him less than three years! Isn't that something to be proud of? (To be continued.) )